I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.
Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person could ever have expected to… - Greil Marcus
Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person could ever have expected to…
- Greil Marcus
The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public, as people who di… - Greil Marcus
The Sixties are most generously described as a time when people took part - when they stepped out of themselves and acted in public, as people who di…
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk glee inside the bl… - Greil Marcus
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk glee inside the bl…
I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who acts out history. So it always has a p… - Greil Marcus
I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who acts out history. So it always has a p…
I want another idea, another project, but you can't make them up. They show up. - Greil Marcus
I want another idea, another project, but you can't make them up. They show up.
Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring out what the songs meant. I was inter… - Greil Marcus
Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring out what the songs meant. I was inter…
Every youth movement presents itself as a loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are can… - Greil Marcus
Every youth movement presents itself as a loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are can…
It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something… - Greil Marcus
It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something…
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. - Greil Marcus
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.
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